Re: Audi TT

["Frank Martin" <frankens@exotrope.net>]

>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:29:34 GMT
>From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
>Subject: Audi TT

EDITED...

>Kind of puts 'spider bite' in perspective.  At least three reports in
>the last two weeks of TTs just spinning out and taking to the woods
>at speeds of 200+kph or so.


>> Nach einer langen Linkskurve, die
>>ich mit 200km/h durchfahren habe, habe ich vorsichtigt gebremst,
>>der Audi TT ist sofort aus der stabilen Lage ausgebrochen und
>>hat sich mehrfach gedreht und an jeder Leitplanke links und
>>recht die Energie abgebaut.

For what it's worth, note that he did throw braking into the mix of factors
involved in his incident, as opposed to "just spinning out." I wonder if
braking was involved prior to the other incidents? (And I'm assuming that
the Torsen debate centers on initial steady state or attempted acceleration
through a turn at 10/10ths.) Then again, my German is a bit rusty - am I
misreading it and the braking came after the loss of stability? The German
language sequences events differently than our English.

Frank M.
Watkins Glen, NY, USA